Manga and Comic Reviews
I get why “Lazarus X+66” is being released as a miniseries rather than an official volume of the main title. Series artist Michael Lark is only providing the covers to each issue while writer Greg Rucka is just co-writing the issues collected here. As both creators have been fully involved with the previous five volumes […]
After my experience with the previous volume I can now say that my biggest issue with this series has now been resolved: Erin is the “new girl,” Tiffany is the gamer girl, KJ is the lesbian with a hockey stick, and Mackenzie is (as always) the bitchy redhead. Now that I’m finally able to keep […]
For a miniseries that effectively heralded the end of the Ultimate Universe, the original “Spider-Men” was still pretty fun. The plot, involving Peter Parker and Miles Morales teaming up to fight a dimension-hopping Mysterio, was pretty inconsequential, but it was still a great demonstration for how Bendis could write Spider-Man in any universe and the […]
I thought that the first two volumes of this series were fun, but a little slight in the storytelling department. The good news is that things get a lot more interesting with these two volumes. After the demonic threat, and affectingly tragic backstory, of the previous volume is taken care of, Johanna and Marion head […]
Kieron Gillen takes over writing duties with this volume and reunites with his “Darth Vader” collaborator Salvador Larroca. Does this mean the main title finally has a chance at approaching the greatness of the now-concluded series that launched alongside it? Despite picking up from where “Rogue One” left off, it’s not quite there yet. Though […]
The smartest thing about Tim Drake’s “death” from the first arc of James Tynion IV’s run on this title was its immediate reveal that it wasn’t a death at all. Tim had been spirited away from certain death at the last second by an unknown player leaving everyone around him to believe that he was […]
It’s a brand new era for the Bureau of Paranormal Research and Defense, and not just in a creative sense. With the defeat of the Ogdru Jahad the Ogdru Hem terrorizing Earth have suddenly died off, ushering in an age of relative peace. At least, that’s what everyone was expecting to happen. There are still […]
After eight (really sixteen) volumes you’d think that “Prison School’s” schtick would be firmly established by now. The boys act like knuckleheads — maybe one gets caught with his dick out, the girls embarrass themselves in dealing with the boys — maybe one gets caught hanging from a doorknob by her panties, and everything is […]
From the realm of “How the hell did this happen?!” comes the announcement that Dark Horse has licensed the “Mob Psycho 100” manga. It’s from ONE, the co-creator of “One-Punch Man,” and focuses on a con man who exploits a kid with psychic powers to run a ghostbusting operation but also has to act as […]
The good news is that Marvel currently has two titles that are generating lots of buzz and burning through reprints of multiple issues at the same time. “Amazing Spider-Man” has been generating interest due to the mystery of who the Red Goblin is as Dan Slott builds to the finale of his run in issue […]